Jump cancellation and soft trail
DSV combiner suspended in “bad conditions”.
February 4, 2024, 6:32 p.m
Norway and Austria share the podium places in the Nordic Combined – also at the end of the Seefeld Triple. The German team cannot advance to the top in adverse conditions after the jumping had to be canceled.
Vinzenz Geiger stormed through the deep snow, overtaking one competitor after the other, but again it wasn’t enough for the podium: The German combined athletes didn’t break the knot at the season’s highlight in Seefeld. While dominator Jarl Magnus Riiber celebrated a start-to-finish victory, the DSV team couldn’t do more than sixth place in the triple thanks to Olympic champion Geiger.
The jumping in the early afternoon had to be canceled due to too much wind. “For us, the safety of the athletes is the number one priority, so we had to decide to cancel,” said FIS Nordic Combined Race Director Lasse Ottesen. The provisional competition jump from Thursday was therefore used as a basis for cross-country skiing. Dominator Riiber also won that with 112.5 meters and was able to confidently bring his lead to the finish.
“The conditions were really bad, so low. You have to plan the race well. It’s a shame – I’m really fit, but it’s not good enough in jumping,” said Geiger, who started the race from 21st place, on ARD. Head coach Eric Frenzel praised the good running form (“We continue to maintain our running level at a great level and are doing really well”), but overall he missed “a bit of lightness, a bit of self-confidence” in his team.
For Riiber it is the seventh World Cup victory in a row
That’s exactly what the Norwegian Riiber currently has in abundance. The record world champion’s third triple triumph was never in danger; his teammate Jörgen Graabak and the Austrian Stefan Rettenegger ended up in second and third place. Rettenegger was in second place for a long time, and his teammate Johannes Lamparter also had a chance of getting on the podium, but fell on a descent and came fourth.
Riiber had already won the day on Friday and Saturday, and at the end he recorded the 68th World Cup victory of his career and his seventh in a row. However, Frenzel remains the record winner of the triple with four titles (2014 to 2017).
Frenzel’s team again didn’t make it to the top: Manuel Faißt, who started the race in sixth place, came tenth, veteran Johannes Rydzek ended up in 13th place. Julian Schmid (14th), Wendelin Thannheimer (20th), David Mach (25th). ) and Terence Weber (27th) were more than two minutes behind winner Riiber at the finish. Of the 42 podium places so far this winter, only two have gone to the former dominant nation – both by Faißt. The remaining places on the podium have so far been shared between Norway (26) and Austria (14).